A method for assaying a novel phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor, 2-aryl-7(3',4'-dialkoxyphenyl)-pyrazolo [1,5-alpha] pyrimidine (PDE-310), was developed and validated in rat plasma using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS-MS). Rat plasma samples were processed by liquid-liquid extraction with ethyl acetate and injected onto the LC-MS-MS system for quantification. PDE-310 and imip...

A series of 2-(N-arylsulfonylindol-3-yl)-3-aryl-1,3-thiazinan-4-one derivatives were synthesized and evaluated in vitro against seven phytopathogenic fungi, namely Fusarium graminearum, Alternaria solani, Fusarium oxysporium f. sp. vasinfectum, Alternaria brassicae, Valsa mali, Alternaria alternata, and Pyricularia oryzae. Among all derivatives, especially compound 4j exhibited a potential anti...

Current ruminant feeding systems depend on knowledge of the composition of feeds and the rate and extent of degradation of feed organic matter (OM) and crude protein (CP) in the rumen. The effect of storage and preparation of samples on in vitro gas production and fermentation characteristics of two common forage species, namely alfalfa and ryegrass werestudied. Samples were prepared as fresh (...

current ruminant feeding systems depend on knowledge of the composition of feeds and the rate and extent of degradation of feed organic matter (om) and crude protein (cp) in the rumen. the effect of storage and preparation of samples on in vitro gas production and fermentation characteristics of two common forage species, namely alfalfa and ryegrass werestudied. samples were prepared as fresh (...

Chiral N-heterocyclic carbenes were found to be efficient catalysts for the formal [2+2] cycloaddition reaction of alkyl(aryl)ketenes and nitroso compounds to give the corresponding 1,2-oxazetidin-3-ones in moderate to good yields with high enantioselectivities. Reductive ring-opening of the oxazetidinones give the corresponding α-hydroxy acid derivatives in good yields.

A direct oxidative cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) of N-aryl tetrahydroisoquinolins with 5H-oxazol-4-ones catalyzed by CuBr using air as the only oxidant has been developed, which could also proceed smoothly under a metal-free oxidative system with PhI(OAc)2 as the oxidant. A series of alkylated tetrahydroisoquinolin derivatives were obtained in good yields and excellent diastereoselectivi...